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السيوطي:٥٧٤-٦b –

"مَا زِلْتُ أَطْمَعُ فِى الْخِلَافَةِ مُنْذُ قَالَ لِى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَا مُعَاوِيةُ إِنْ مَلَكْتَ فَأَحْسِنْ"  

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tabarani:16961 – Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm b. Muhājir > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr

[Machine] Muawiyah, I have been longing for the caliphate since the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, "If it is offered to you, accept it."  

الطبراني:١٦٩٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ ثنا أَبِي عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

مُعَاوِيَةُ مَا زِلْتُ أَطْمَعُ فِي الْخِلَافَةِ مُنْذُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنْ مَلَكَتَ فَأَحْسِنْ»